Balloon Farm

1 1⁄2 oz Scotch
1⁄2 oz Cynar
1⁄2 oz Aperol
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1 ds Peychaud's Bitters
1 twst Lemon peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Shake with ice, strain into a coupe, and garnish with a lemon twist.

History

Recently, a guest came into work and asked for a Paper Plane, and we began talking about ways to make the drink if Amaro Nonino is unavailable. After I mentioned that I have seen Averna and Montenegro used as substitutes, he declared that Cynar was surprisingly good as a fill-in; therefore, two weeks ago I riffed on it with Scotch at home. Cynar and Aperol are a duo that I have enjoyed in a variety of drinks like the Juan Bautista, Mad Max and Rucola Negroni, so I figured that it would turn out decent. I originally tried as an equal parts number and perhaps it would have worked better with a robust and smoky single malt, but with a blend, I found better success being spirit forward here. For a name, I dubbed this one after a 1960s performance space headed by Andy Warhol that I learned about in the St. Marks Is Dead book.

Yields Drink
Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/05/balloon-farm.html

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3.5 stars
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Wild One

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Bombay Sapphire
1 oz Crème de Violette, Rothman & Winter
3⁄4 oz Campari
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

I have never seen a cocktail:
(a) with a huge amount of Creme de Violette.
(b) lots of Campari for "balance."

SO, I simply wanted to give it a try.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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3.5 stars
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Race Day

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Tanqueray Rangpur
1 oz Aromatized wine, Lillet Blanc
3⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
3⁄4 oz Lime juice
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

(1) Slice a piece of orange rind and express the inside of a frozen coupe glass, then put the rind into the glass, then return the glass to the freezer.
(2) Shake with ice and strain into the frozen coupe glass.

History

Indianapolis 500 Race Day.

Yields Drink
Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
Curator rating
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Average rating
3 stars
(1 rating)
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Artur B commented on 10/10/2025:

Balance is good, but no hook. Lillet Blanc can't replace Green Charteuse.

Yet Again

1 1⁄2 oz Whiskey, Jack Daniels
1 oz Suze
3⁄4 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
Curator rating
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Double Down

1 1⁄2 oz Gin, Bombay Sapphire
1 oz Maraschino Liqueur (Cristiani)
1⁄2 oz Maraschino Liqueur, Luxardo
1 twst Orange peel (prep; see Instructions)
Instructions

(1) Slice a bit of rind from an orange and express the inside of a frozen coupe glass. Then run the rind around the lip of the glass. Place the rind into the glass. Return the glass to the freezer.
(2) Shake with ice and strain into the frozen coupe glass.

History

This is where you have lots of fun when you aren't paying attention. The Cristiani was supposed to be sweet vermouth, I grabbed the wrong bottle by mistake.

Result: I like it !! Plenty of cherry-eeee with that spritz of orange-y trying to sneak through !!!!

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Year
2025
Authenticity
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Creator
Carl N.
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Souls of the Mountain

1 oz Cognac
1 oz Mezcal
1⁄2 oz Amaro Meletti
1⁄2 oz Bénédictine
2 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
2 ds Absinthe (I used 12 drops)
Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into an old fashioned glass with ice.

History

After writing up the Anyone's Shadow for the blog, I decided to riff on the recipe by extracting the Meletti-Benedictine element and replacing the rye-Jamaican rum for the Cognac-mezcal duo from the 1910 Cocktail. I dubbed this one the Souls of the Mountain after a 1938 painting by surrealist Remedios Varo to keep with the 1910's Mexican theme.

Yields Drink
Year
2025
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Somerville, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/05/souls-of-mountain.html

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Cherry Air

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1 oz Limoncello
1⁄2 oz Maraschino Liqueur
2 oz Tonic water, Fever Tree
Instructions

(1) Put the tonic water into the freezer, get it more-than-plenty cold but not frozen.
(2) Pour the first 3 ingredients into a shaker with ice, shake well, then strain into a frozen coupe glass.
(3) Add in the very very cold tonic water.

History

My pal Mike G. and I were talking about the (reference) Smooth Landin' cocktail but he's not a huge fan of Creme de Violette. So he says, "Maraschino Liqueur" instead of the Violette. And here we are.

Yields Drink
Year
2025
Authenticity
Unknown
Creator
Carl N.
Source reference

https://kindredcocktails.com/cocktail/smooth-landin

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Big Gusher

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Instructions

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(2) Shake ingredients with ice and strain into the frozen coupe glass.

History

Just read about the Lakeview Gusher in 1910, near Bakersfield.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
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Creator
Carl N.
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History Lesson

1 1⁄2 oz Irish whiskey (The Irishman Single Malt)
1 oz Orange liqueur
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1 pn Salt (Himalayan Pink Rock Salt)
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

History

Watching a retrospective about musician/singer Chris Montez.

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Year
2025
Authenticity
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Creator
Carl N.
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Eve's Vacation

1 1⁄2 oz Pisco
1⁄2 oz Fig liqueur, Mahia by Nahmias et Fils
1⁄2 oz Lime
1⁄2 oz Grenadine
1⁄4 oz Strega
12 dr Bitters, Bitter End Moroccan Bitters
Instructions

Shake, strain, up

Yields Drink
Year
2024
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Shawn C commented on 7/01/2025:

Curated to list Mahia by Nahmias et Fils as a brand and change ingredient above from "fig" to fig liqueur. Fig liqueur was already listed as an ingredient but with the same specs as a creme de figue (low proof, sweet.) I have modified the listing for fig liqueur to be 80 proof, only moderately sweet, and including some herbal.

Shawn C commented on 7/01/2025:

The cocktail itself is brilliant. I used my own pomegranate grenadine syrup (had some particularly dark and intense aryls for this batch) and a fresh lime off the tree. The pomegranate was a great pairing with the fig which can be a bit intense if not properly mated. The Strega provides some slight mint/alpine herbal and bolsters the anise in the Mahia. The bitters provide a slight chili heat to the finish.

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